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The objective of this study was to systematically review the evidence for an epidemiological association between vitamin D and RSA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method of study<\/jats:title><jats:p>The literature search was performed in the following databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Chinese databases. The <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> statistic was used to evaluate heterogeneity. Effect sizes were calculated using fixed or random effects models, including standardized mean difference (<jats:italic>SMD<\/jats:italic>), odds ratios (<jats:italic>OR<\/jats:italic>) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>). Then, we performed subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis and publication bias analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fourteen studies from five countries were included. Based on the results, patients with RSA had lower vitamin D levels than controls (<jats:italic>SMD\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a0\u20101.48, 95% <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>: \u20102.01, \u2010.94, <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a0.001), and pregnant women with vitamin D deficiency (VDD) had a higher risk of developing RSA (<jats:italic>OR\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a04.02, 95% <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>: 2.23, 7.25, <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a0.001). There was remarkable heterogeneity between studies (<jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup><jats:italic><jats:sub>SMD<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a097.3%, <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a0.001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup><jats:italic><jats:sub>OR\u00a0<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>=\u00a082.2%, <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a0.001). The results of the subgroup analysis suggested that heterogeneity may be caused by the assay method, age and region. 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